The Year in Photos 2025

The Great Wall is best with friends. Students in the Discover China J-Term pose atop one of the most famous landmarks in the world.

Performers sing and dance in Footloose Jr., this year’s Middle School musical. The 7th and 8th grade actors were born thirty years after the original movie came to big screens in 1984. That didn’t stop them from delivering a run of shows that would have had Kevin Bacon dancing in the Mitchell Theatre aisles.

Surely, you joust. Upper School Humanities teacher Scott Huggins and his History of the Classical World students take advantage of the lovely fall weather to test out their custom created battle shields.

THE YEAR IN PHOTOS 2025

Convocation is always special, but this year was one for the ages. Chad Marek, Director of Facilities, unveils the campus's first statue – a likeness of Gene Johnson, Prairie’s founder – as the school community looks on.

Players chase down the ball during a boys’ varsity soccer game between Shoreland Lutheran and Prairie under the lights.

At Prairie, January is for Jazz. Students in the Middle School Jazz ensemble show off their musical chops during the school’s annual Jazz Day, open to groups and ensembles from all over southeastern Wisconsin.